Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Trivia Night
has a new home
Outlaws run away from smoke
Competitors at the outdoor
Sisters Trivia Night are happy
that the weekly summertime
event has found a new indoor
home with the nights getting
darker and the weather begin-
ning to grow chillier.
Sisters Saloon owner
Aaron Okura explained, “I
was interested in hosting a
trivia event and knew that
Eurosports already had one
started. Karen Kassy, the
emcee, picked up on that
and asked Brad if he minded
moving Sisters Trivia Night
over to the Saloon to have an
indoor space during cooler
weather. We’ll move it back
to Eurosports for the summer.
It’s a cooperative alliance that
benefits everyone and keeps
the event year-round for the
participants.”
Kassy had received a lot
of feedback when the event
ended last summer, and again
this summer. Jeanette Pilak
was happy to hear of the
cooperative solution.
“Like children chafing at
returning to school schedules,
we didn’t want to believe that
summer trivia was coming to
an end. How exciting to move
indoors to Sisters Saloon.
Good food, good times, good
friends — yahoo!”
Eurosports owner Brad
Boyd said, “We’ve loved hav-
ing the teams of adults, fami-
lies, and kids competing for
prizes to see what they know.
We’ve had lots of locals and
visitors making it a destina-
tion stop on their vacations.
We’ve even had people stop
by from foreign countries and
the teams would invite them
to join up. There is a spirit of
fun competition.”
The only home meet of the
season was among the cancel-
lations due to smoke in Sisters
last week, but the Outlaws
made arrangements for
some of the team to travel to
Monmouth for the Ash Creek
Invitational on Saturday, get-
ting the competitive season
underway.
The last-minute addition
to the schedule didn’t allow
some of the team members to
attend the meet, leaving Anna
Bartlett as the lone girl to
compete. She started strong,
but slowed in the second half
to finish 81st in 22:47 among
190 finishers.
“It was good for Anna to
get a race under her belt,” said
head coach Josh Nordell. “We
are anxious to get the rest of
the girls team to the starting
line next week.”
The boys fielded a full
team, and Nordell came away
quite pleased with the result
as the Outlaws finished 16th
among 35 teams.
Jordan Pollard led the way
for Sisters, finishing 21st in
16:52, in a solid start to his
senior season.
The field of 255 run-
ners went out fast, as Pollard
marked the first mile in 4:56
before settling in to a more
reasonable pace.
The meet featured most
6A and 5A teams, which gave
Pollard, one of the top return-
ing 4A runners this season,
a great opportunity to test
himself in the early season,
“This community event
was a highlight of our neigh-
borhood. We gathered once a
week during the busy summer
to relax, enjoy and compete.
Now we are excited to look
forward to a weekly winter
activity to keep us local,”
said Kathy Miller of Sisters.
Ginny Hall agreed, “The
friendly competition contin-
ues. Teams will cheer and
jeer each other on as we con-
tinue through the winter dol-
drums by keeping our brains
sharp!”
Teams of one to four play-
ers compete, consisting of all
ages. Signups are at 6:15 p.m.
and the event starts promptly
at 6:30 p.m. and is usually
done by 7:15 p.m. Prizes are
awarded to the winning team.
Kassy explained, “I
research and create original
categories and questions that
relate to our area, current
events or whatever seems to
interest people. Some of the
topics people are familiar
with from Trivial Pursuit,
like sports, entertainment,
geography, history, science
and nature. The events are
family-friendly. Participants
keep bringing up the time
we did ‘Disney princesses.’
It stumped some of our most
successful players and the
kids were wild about it.”
Kassy encourages con-
testants to submit ideas for
categories, many of which
she incorporates into future
weeks’ questions.
Sisters Trivia Night moves
to Sisters Saloon starting
September 19, every Tuesday
(formerly Wednesdays), 190
E. Cascade Ave. The event is
free.
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
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according to Nordell.
“This is great experience
for Jordan as a senior,” said
Nordell. “He will gain rac-
ing savvy going against other
high quality runners like he
saw today.”
Evan Holland of Ashland,
who placed fifth at the 5A
State Meet last year as a fresh-
man, won the race in 15:55,
one second ahead of Jesuit’s
Grant Summers.
Freshman Ethan Hosang
got a solid start to his high
school career, finishing 73rd
in 18:08. Other finishers for
Sisters included Josh Liddell
(18:49), John Peckham
(18:51), Will Thorsett (20:11),
Vincente Rebolledo (21:27)
and Ryan Waddell (23:46).
A total of 255 runners fin-
ished the varsity boys race.
Cole Pade (20:54) and
Zach Villalovos (27:06) ran in
the junior varsity race, while
Jack Berg and Jackson Bowe
also competed, but did not
turn up in the results.
Sisters scored 458 points
and finished first among the
nine 4A schools competing.
“We have a lot of potential
for growth on this boys team,”
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said Nordell. “I am proud of
the young guys to step up and
want to come to this meet at
the last minute. That shows
not only dedication to the
team, but also the desire to
compete.”
I am proud of the
young guys to step up
and want to come to this
meet at the last minute.
— Josh Nordell
With the prospect of smoke
abating in the Sisters area, the
team should be at full strength
for the Northwest Classic, set
for Saturday, September 16
at Lane Community College.
The race gives the Outlaws a
bit of a preview of the district
and state meet courses amid a
large field of 1A, 2A, 3A, and
4A teams.
“We haven’t been to this
meet, but this year’s schedule
allowed us to pencil it in and
we are really looking forward
to it,” said Nordell.
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